Chaos: Making a New Science Quiz | Eight Week Quiz E

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Chaos: Making a New Science Quiz | Eight Week Quiz E

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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through chapters 7-8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Albert Libchaber graduated with a bachelor degree in mathematics from what institution?
(a) Johns Hopkins University.
(b) The University of Paris.
(c) The University of Chicago.
(d) Harvard University.

2. In fluid dynamics, what consists of a viscous fluid confined in the gap between two rotating cylinders?
(a) Turbulent flow.
(b) The Taylor-Couette flow.
(c) Laminar flow.
(d) Bifurcation cascade.

3. When was Edward Lorenz born?
(a) 1924.
(b) 1917.
(c) 1914.
(d) 1921.

4. When did Mitchell Feigenbaum meet Michael Barnsley at a conference in Corsica?
(a) 1979.
(b) 1982.
(c) 1973.
(d) 1967.

5. Where was Benoit Mandelbrot born?
(a) Warsaw, Poland.
(b) Milan, Italy.
(c) Reykjavík, Iceland.
(d) Lisbon, Portugal.

Short Answer Questions

1. In mathematics, what refers to a map that exhibits some sort of chaotic behavior?

2. What science deals with the visible, orderly outcomes of self-organization and the common principles behind similar patterns?

3. For what company had Benoit Mandelbrot been working in economics, studying distribution of various incomes in the economy when he was invited by Houthakker to speak at Harvard?

4. Where was Heinz-Otto Peitgen born?

5. In statistics, what refers to any statistical relationship between two random variables or two sets of data?

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